A huge collection of Staffordshire pottery gathered over four decades by a Borders hotelier is going up for auction.More than 1,000 pieces which belonged to the late ceramics enthusiast Sheila Brooks ...

Sheila Brooks collected more than 1,000 pieces of Staffordshire pottery during her lifetime ... a window into Victorian life, capturing scenes of "celebrity, tragedy and the everyday".

A huge collection of Staffordshire pottery gathered over four decades ... of pieces offering a window into Victorian life, capturing scenes of "celebrity, tragedy and the everyday".